The State Between Us

TSBU takes on the Regnery family tree, the branches of which take us to the America First Committee, the US Conservative Revolution, and the absurd but influential Alt-Right. The Regneries rubbed shoulders with the Who's Who of the 20th century's most important fascists, reactionaries, Yale spies, and NAM big shots since breaking rich in Kansas City, and didn't stop when they made it to DC.

Wilhelm and the kids. Billy Hank is top right.

Reading:
Bjerre-Poulsen, Niels. Right Face: Organizing the American Conservative Movement, 1945-65. Museum Tusculanum Press. Copenhagen, 2002.
Cole, Wayne S.. America First: The Battle Against Interventionism, 1940-1941. University of Wisconsin, 1953.
Tanenhaus, Sam. Buckley: The Life and Revolution that Changed America. Random House, 2025.
Walsh, David Austin. Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right. Yale, 2024.

Intro Music: Spike Jones, "Der Fuerher's Face". 1943.
Outro Music: Ramona, "Cello and Voice".
Other music from pixabay.org, chosic.com, fesliyanstudios.com, archive.org, and Ramona.

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What is The State Between Us?

My name is Fritz McAlinden and this is The State Between Us, the anti-fascist podcast for dark dives into the ruling class insanity and fashy political cultures as well as our defenses against them through mutual aid and building each other up, sharing knowledge, and connecting the disparate voices in our overlapping struggles. Also TTRPGs, Sci-Fi, and other nerd shit. Let's get weird with it!